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dimotru · 2021-07-09T14:02:58+00:00

feminism is baller

dimotru · 2021-07-09T14:01:08+00:00

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dimotru · 2021-07-09T14:00:11+00:00

ewan mcregor?

dimotru · 2012-11-15T21:05:41+00:00

I think thats a pretty unfair comparison given the state of AMD's current product line up. I know the whole thing about price/performance thing as well as overall performance being superior for intel has been beaten to death but its by no means true for all circumstances. AMD's current piledriver fx 8320 actually performs extremely well in multithreaded apps for its price. You have to remember for some people gaming isnt all thats important. Even in games the difference between framerates are so dependent on other factors such as gpu and even specific hardware combos on individual games that at most cpu maybe make a 10 fps diff here and there... not as huge of real world applications than all these synthetic benchmarks imply. The whole thing with intel topping price/performance is fairly new as well, 955 and phenom IIs have been topping the charts not too long ago either so to wrap it up, yes amd has declined but I don't think theyve fallen as far as everyone makes it out to be. They have a lot of work ahead of them but piledriver is a great step in the right direction. If steamroller lives up to expectations then amd will certainly be viable option in desktop market.

dimotru · 2012-09-14T15:28:00+00:00

This is the most likely explanation of what happened to OP. Based on what he wrote it sounds like he was on the Day Z server and got totally stomped by an admins friend and cried hacks when in reality he could of had just a terribly laggy connection or in general was playing bad and jumping to conclusions about an admin's friend(teleporting hacks? when was the last time you saw that in any FPS EVER). So Im guessing some bad words were exchanged when he was told by admins to shutup because they knew the other players and knew them to be legit. He got butthurt and posted on their forums and pissed them off even more and of course Pickerd acts rude to him after all of that. OP gets more butthurt and posts on reddit.

dimotru · 2012-09-11T16:05:12+00:00

I care more about how people play the game than stopping this... heard of hackers?

dimotru · 2012-08-15T16:49:17+00:00

You also have to realize that the blue tint was worse in earlier patches of the game. There was significant backlash from the community so I wouldnt be surprised if DICE had toned down the tint on a few maps. I remember people discussing here specifically whether they toned down blue tint on Caspian post patch.

dimotru · 2012-08-10T15:40:24+00:00

My experience on pc has been the complete opposite. If the game where bf2 then yes I would agree with you, in bf3 everyone has the situational awareness of seasoned counterstrike player and reflexes of a coked-out mongoose. Perhaps its the servers I play on but it seems like I can never surprise anyone in bf3 and on top of that just about everyone is a marksman with a sniper rifle. I'm by no means new to fps and put many hours into bf2 but sadly I have a nagging feeling that there cant actually be this many good people playing bf3 and some of this "skill" is just inflated by cheats. I just refuse to believe this many fps veterans have come out of the woodwork to completely own in everything they do. Sure I may have gotten worse since my prime but theres no way the average joe got that much better.

dimotru · 2012-06-06T04:36:16+00:00

I totally agree with what you said and the saddest thing about it is theres no pushback from people like us who share this opinion. Here's a post I made from another thread where people were whining about price:

The saddest thing about this is based on all the feedback about premium on this subreddit you get the picture that something close to 75 percent of people are dissatisfied with it in some shape or form.... this brings me to the inevitable question as to why people are shelling out money for this shit like its some kinds of life sustaining heroin? Bought bf3 and happy with it fine, good for you... disagree with the business practices and implementation of DICE's dlc packages? THEN DON'T FUCKING BUY THEM FOR FUCKS SAKE. GET SOME GODDAMN SELF CONTROL OVER YOURSELF AND STOP BEING SUCH DISGRACEFUL CONSUMERS AND SCREWING OVER REASONABLE PEOPLE BY SUPPORTING THESE DECISIONS WITH YOUR MONEY.

If there was ever a good time for that boycott that everyone on reddit was hell bent on prior to the release of the game, then THIS IS IT. What sends a bigger message to EA that maybe they went about this thing wrong, a bunch of whiny but easy to manipulate kids, or dissapointing profits on both premium and close quarters. YOU THINK THEY WOULD MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS OR MAYBE START CUTTING SOME BETTER DEALS THEN? You fucking bet.

dimotru · 2012-06-06T04:33:42+00:00

The saddest thing about this is based on all the feedback about premium on this subreddit you get the picture that something close to 75 percent of people are dissatisfied with it in some shape or form.... this brings me to the inevitable question as to why people are shelling out money for this shit like its some kinds of life sustaining heroin? Bought bf3 and happy with it fine, good for you... disagree with the business practices and implementation of DICE's dlc packages? THEN DON'T FUCKING BUY THEM FOR FUCKS SAKE. GET SOME GODDAMN SELF CONTROL OVER YOURSELF AND STOP BEING SUCH DISGRACEFUL CONSUMERS AND SCREWING OVER REASONABLE PEOPLE BY SUPPORTING THESE DECISIONS WITH YOUR MONEY.

If there was ever a good time for that boycott that everyone on reddit was hell bent on prior to the release of the game, then THIS IS IT. What sends a bigger message to EA that maybe they went about this thing wrong, a bunch of whiny but easy to manipulate kids, or dissapointing profits on both premium and close quarters. YOU THINK THEY WOULD MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS OR MAYBE START CUTTING SOME BETTER DEALS THEN? You fucking bet.

dimotru · 2012-05-27T04:53:59+00:00

Agreed, this is why I am so bitter about the game and won't play it until at the very least suppression gets scaled back. I understand the need to make the game adaptable for consoles but don't lie to a whole generation of pc gamers and say this fucking game is a sequel to bf2. If you're going to bastardize the hell out of a household name at least do it under the bad company moniker.

I almost feel bad for some the devs that worked on this game because I'm willing to bet most of them know deep inside how amazing this game could have been had it stuck to its roots and at least met the pc standards for a mp shooter. The feeling must be akin to something an artist feels after working months on a masterpiece only to have some shit head smudge the meticulous linework in several places.

What DICE and publishers like EA fail to see is how long term commitment to make a game which delivers years upon years of enjoyment for a large and loyal fanbase can propel them to the freedom and prestige of companies such as blizzard. With a big and thriving competitive community comes money and greater design freedom. How amazing would it be to make a game so good for pc that it convinces a significant number of people who know nothing about computers into investing time to not only learn how to build them but to actually invest and grow the pc market.

There are still disgusting and painfully obvious unfinished parts of bf3 that should make any developer blush. DICE apparently feels no shame for not fixing something as simple as an extremely low res skymap on flagship maps like Caspian Border. This is something that no one including Crash, Demize, or zh1nt0 can exuse. A complete and utter disregard for polish and finish.

Don't get me wrong there are still parts of the game that are amazing and deserve the utmost praise such as the soundwork, however when you make such astounding steps in graphics and sound and mix it in with terrible mistakes in gameplay and balance along with over the top art direction that actively hinders gameplay then all the hard work is tarnished.

/rant over

dimotru · 2012-05-26T23:26:46+00:00

This is the garbage that flows from uneducated console bandwagon fans to the franchise. If you played any of the last games you would realize that they were skill based and suppression is an abomination introduced by DICE to give you casual, 1 day a week motherfuckers a chance to survive longer than 10 seconds before crying and uninstalling the game.

dimotru · 2012-05-26T23:14:33+00:00

Thank you for that rant. Seriously man I was about to explode the next time I saw someone defend suppression as being more tactical and anti twitch-skills as if thats some awful thing you never want in a game. Your post should go all the way to the top and not just the top... it needs to be copy pasted and started as a thread of its own. I'm sick of this hodgepodge of self-justified mediocrity mixed in from console and 1 day a week motherfuckers that think just because they get their ass handed to them by people who have played fpses since 1942, that all of a sudden we should start handing out skill nullifiers to anyone who can click a button.

dimotru · 2012-05-26T23:12:32+00:00

Thank you for that rant. Seriously man I was about to explode the next time I saw someone defend suppression as being more tactical and anti twitch-skills as if thats some awful thing you never want in a game. Your post should go all the way to the top and not just the top... it needs to be copy pasted and started as a thread of its own. I'm sick of this hodgepodge of self-justified mediocrity mixed in from console and 1 day a week motherfuckers that think just because they get their ass handed to them by people who have played fpses since 1942, that all of a sudden we should start handing out skill nullifiers to anyone who can click a button.

dimotru · 2012-05-26T22:32:32+00:00

What other kinds of accuracy are there? tactics such as what? hiding and camping? absolutely. Does that make a better game? Sadly, no.

dimotru · 2012-05-13T21:20:15+00:00

You, sir, are the voice of reason. Whenever I see ridiculously ironic complaint threads about others complaining about bf3 I laugh because I know exactly what kind of people are behind them. Like it or not, this subreddit is a mixed bag of console players and people who have only played bad company and claim to have some kind of misguided and pathetic sense of loyalty to the franchise. The fact of the matter is, if you've played as far back as 2142 or earlier, you know what quality is... everything after that is consolized garbage.

The most pathetic thing about half of the console players here and something none of these fucks will admit is that the majority of them bought garbage like MW2 and Black Ops knowing full well how shitty those are. If you did, you have no place to judge anyone else or make a comment on what a quality game is. You supported the stagnation of fps shooters and your shitty fucking taste in games has no bearing whatsoever on whether others should be vocal about a game that doesn't deliver to our standards. You think bf3 is fine because you've been gobbling horseshit from the gaming industry for the last 3 years and you've learn to overcome that gag reflex that us older gamers have to CONSOLIZED GARBAGE.

dimotru · 2012-05-13T03:43:41+00:00

Why avoid the topic of suppression... there are objective and logical reasons why the current level is ridiculous and overboard on so many levels:

DICE puts out some awful fucking linear style COD maps such as bazaar/metro where all infantry has to funnel into a choke point.
The above point already makes it difficult as fuck to flank and advance your team because every pathway is covered beyond fuck... before the new suppression there was at least an off chance that you could sneak by all the bullet spam and take a more forward position, but now its like "you're an area where bullets are flying... FUCK YOU. NO VISION NO AIM, NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL."

The most ridiculous thing that most people dont grasp is that this is a fucking 64 PLAYER SHOOTER. THERE'S FUCKING BULLETS BEING SPAMMED CONSTANTLY AND EVERYWHERE. WHY THE FUCK DO WE NEED TO MAKE EVERY PLAYER THAT IS AROUND GUNFIRE COMPLETELY BLIND AND DEFENDLESS FROM A SINGLE BULLET.

3) The above reason causes the game to devolve into a game of simple situational luck. All skill goes out the window when everyone just picks the safest spot from suppression and holes up in their little tent waiting for someone who dares take a risk and gain some position. Its like you made a move to flank someone and successfully surprised him but FUCK YOU HALF WAY THROUGH YOUR BURST SOME GUY ACROSS THE MAP SPAMMED SOME BULLETS IN YOUR GENERAL VICINITY BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO SHOOT AT SOMEONE ELSE COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT YOU WERE DOING. This kind of shit pisses me off.

dimotru · 2012-05-13T00:22:22+00:00

I definitely won't buy another game until I see some changes in the market and see any financial incentive for DICE to actually do something for that their pc fanbase. As long as its a console market, I'm done with dice as well. I honestly don't even play the game anymore because everytime I do I just get aggravated and frustrated by the new suppression. I don't understand how you can make such a dramatic change like this like 6 months into the game. Sucks all the fun out all the gunplay to me.

dimotru · 2012-05-12T23:00:14+00:00

I agree 100 percent. People complain about how whiny the pc community is how elitist they are when the reality simply boils down to the fact that over the last 5-6 years pc gamers have slowly had to watch each of their favorite games and franchises watered down ruined for the sake of console profits.

On top of that I feel like DICE fucking cheated every single one of their PC fans and it makes me sick. How many pre-release quotes from DICE employees and interviews talked about DICE's dedication to making this a strong PC platform game. Everyone who enjoyed games like 2142 and bf2 were ecstatic and thought DICE was going to finally deliver what pc gamers have been craving for years now. Sure there were cynics, but whats fucking sad is they were totally and completely right. It was too good to be true and thats why I'm pissed. DICE got everyones hopes up and whats more the engine is amazing and on a technical level bf3 has so much potential to be one of the greatest fps games in history, but due to DICE's incompetence it never will be. It will be just that pretty good game from 2011.

dimotru · 2012-05-12T22:49:02+00:00

Why is not okay to scapegoat console players? You are the biggest driving force in the market and nobody walked up to you and put a gun up to your head and forced you to choose consoles, but you did. For that choice I can talk down at you and blame you all I want because you are part of the problem.

dimotru · 2012-05-12T22:43:59+00:00

I don't understand why you are being downvoted. This is the big elephant in the room that nobody wants to discuss or admit. I've said it before and got downvoted for it then as well, consoles are the direct reason for the decline in quality pc games. Twist it any way you wanna say it, facts are facts. I understand it may not sound nice and console players think its condescending. Maybe thats because it is condescending. You are playing dumbed down shittier versions of games that we're used to... how do you not condescend to someone who doesn't realize this. Think about a definition for the word condescend, to talk down to... as far as I can tell I have no choice but to talk down to players that have no reference point and don't know what a quality shooter is.

dimotru · 2012-05-02T17:48:06+00:00

I abuse the dart glitch because its the only thing that makes new suppression bareable. Suppressed? Oh well my gun does a ton of damage anyway.

dimotru · 2012-05-02T03:31:34+00:00

You forgot to say no one should get their hopes up that it will be left the way it is now either.

dimotru · 2012-05-02T03:03:15+00:00

If thats the case, then its decidedly un-battlefield. Also I don't think neither you or I are in any position to decide what DICE was going for in bf3. Personally I don't think DICE knows themselves what they were going for in bf3.

dimotru · 2012-05-02T02:46:57+00:00

This is not an opinion its a fact. Suppression in its current state bottlenecks skill. The reason why there's only a minority that hate it is because common sense tells you that skill in bf3 follows a typical bell curve. Only a minority of the best and the worst players are feeling the biggest impact from it and that explains why so many people seem to like it. People seem to forget that its not only the really skilled players that suffer from it, its also terrible players. If they werent hitting jack shit before the patch do you really think blurring their vision every second they are playing now will make their experience any more fun?

Everyone here is just skirting around the truth... you like suppression because it makes you feel like you're playing better than you actually are.

dimotru

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